The Rey de Reyes 1998 (Spanish for "King of Kings") was the second annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion AAA. The event took place on March 1, 1998 in the Toreo de Cuatro Caminos arena in Naucalpan, Mexico State, Mexico. The Rey de Reyes tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained. The final of the 1998 Rey de Reyes tournament pitted Perro Aguayo, Latin Lover, Cibernético and Octagón against each other. Besides the five tournament matches the show also featured a Mini-Estrella match, an Eight-man "Atómicos" tag team match and a steel cage match.
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| Promotion | AAA | ||
| Date | March 1, 1998[1] | ||
| City | Naucalpan, Mexico State, Mexico[1] | ||
| Venue | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos | ||
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Production
editBackground
editStarting in 1997 and every year since then the Mexican Lucha Libre, or professional wrestling, company AAA has held a Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings') show in the spring. The 1997 version was held in February,[2] while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds the eponymious Rey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year's Rey.[3] Most years the show hosts both the qualifying round and the final match, but on occasion the qualifying matches have been held prior to the event as part of AAA's weekly television shows.[4] The traditional format consists of four preliminary rounds, each a Four-man elimination match with each of the four winners face off in the tournament finals, again under elimination rules.[2] There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner.[4] The winner of the Rey de Reyes tournament is given a large ornamental sword to symbolize their victory, but is normally not guaranteed any other rewards for winning the tournament, although some years becoming the Rey de Reyes has earned the winner a match for the AAA Mega Championship. From 1999 through 2009 AAA also held an annual Reina de Reinas ("Queen of Queens") tournament, but later turned that into an actual championship that could be defended at any point during the year, abandoning the annual tournament concept.[5][6][7] The 1998 show was the second Rey de Reyes show in the series.
Storylines
editThe Rey de Reyes show featured eight professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results
edit| No. | Results[8][9] | Stipulations |
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| 1 | Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Electroshock and Mini Psicosis defeated La Parkita, Mini Discovery and Octagóncito | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
| 2 | Los Payasos (Coco Amarillo, Coco Azul, Coco Rojo and Coco Negro) vs. Los Vipers (Histeria, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced and Psicosis) ended in a double countout | Eight-man "Atómicos" tag team match |
| 3 | Octagón defeated Hong Kong Lee, Máscara Sagrada Jr. and Fuerza Guerrera | Rey de Reyes 1998 Semi-final elimination match.[1] |
| 4 | Latin Lover defeated Blue Demon Jr., Black Demon and Killer | Rey de Reyes 1998 Semi-final elimination match.[1] |
| 5 | Cibernético defeated Shiiba, Perro Aguayo Jr. and Máscara Ságrada | Rey de Reyes 1998 Semi-final elimination match.[1] |
| 6 | Perro Aguayo defeated Electroshock, La Parka Jr. and El Cobarde II | Rey de Reyes 1998 Semi-final elimination match.[1] |
| 7 | Antonio and Jorge Brennan defeated Abismo Negro and Pentagón by disqualification | tag team Steel Cage match |
| 8 | Perro Aguayo defeated Latin Lover, Cibernético and Octagón | Rey de Reyes 1998 Final[1] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes". ProWrestlingHistory.com. March 1, 1998. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ a b "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes". ProWrestlingHistory.com. February 21, 1997. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ "1997 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1998. pp. 2–28. issue 2332.
- ^ a b "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. Issue 91.
- ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: AAA Reina de Reinas". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 6, 2008). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ Marquina, Alva (September 26, 2009). "AAA- Héroes Inmortales III- (Resultados en vivo 26 septiembre 2009) – Cibernético gana el Trofeo Antonio Peña – Electroshock sustituye a Charly Manson contra Chessman – El luchador sorpresa fue Konan Big" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- ^ "AAA Rey de Reyes 1998" (in German). CageMatch.net. March 1, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ "1998 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1999. pp. 2–28. issue 2348.